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Russia Doesn't Need a New Czar

By Leon Aron. Mr. Aron, a resident scholar and director of Russian studies at the American Enterprise Institute, is the author of "Yeltsin: A Revolutionary Life" (St. Martins Press, 2000).

T he recent arrest of media magnate Vladimir Gusinsky ought to prompt both the Russian public and the Duma deputies to take another hard look at the package of laws submitted by President Vladimir Putin last month to Russia's...